Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think a lot of the "columnists" bloggers type get their money from advertising eyeballs (nee Ken Rockwell). I mean, if the 1000 luggers see my post and go to his site, he can show B&W that his site is worth it by the virtue of another 1000 visitors... On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at earthlink.net>wrote: > Sure they pay someone for advertising and hype.... why not? For keeping > their mouth shut? I think much too much of Leica to even suggest such a > thing.... > > Do you mean.. "review" and keep or "review" and return? > > If you are a pro, why waste your time making fancy pictures or a video or > both without reimbursement... ? To be a nice guy? Nice guys are broke if > they act like that. > > Somehow, he got something out of it.... maybe a M9? Maybe a few lenses? > Maybe the S2? But I am not going to believe he did it out of the goodness > of his heart.... > > Frank Filippone > red735i at earthlink.net > > > Does Leica pay anyone?!!! There were accusations that reviewers were > "bought > off" as not to blow the lids off the magenta problem on the M8, but I don't > think anything gets substantiated? > > I would review a S2 in a heartbeat and say glowing things about it, if they > send one to me for a "review." > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> blog: < http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> // portfolio: <http://www.dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/PICS/AnotherCalifornia > // mailing lists: <http://www.imagecraft.com/contact.html> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]